Editing Halothane (section)

==Medical uses==
[[File:Fluothane packaging 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Packaging of Fluothane brand of halothane]]

It is a potent anesthetic with a [[minimum alveolar concentration]] (MAC) of 0.74%.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Lobo SA, Ojeda J, Dua A, Singh K, Lopez J | title = Minimum Alveolar Concentration |date=2022 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532974/ |id=NBK532974 | series = StatPearls |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=30422569 }}</ref> Its [[blood/gas partition coefficient]] of 2.4 makes it an agent with moderate induction and recovery time.<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Bezuidenhout E |title=The blood–gas partition coefficient |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348461499 |journal=[[Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia]] |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=S8–S11 |issn=2220-1181 |eissn=2220-1173 |date=November 2020 |doi=10.36303/SAJAA.2020.26.6.S3.2528|doi-access=free }}</ref> It is not a good [[analgesic]] and its muscle relaxation effect is moderate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Halothane | work = Anesthesia General |url=http://anesthesiageneral.com/halothane/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216054455/http://anesthesiageneral.com/halothane/ |archive-date=16 February 2011 |date=31 October 2010 }}</ref>

Halothane is colour-coded red on [[anaesthetic vaporiser]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Subrahmanyam M, Mohan S |title=Safety features in anaesthesia machine |journal=Indian J Anaesth |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=472–480 |date=September 2013 |pmid=24249880 |pmc=3821264 |doi=10.4103/0019-5049.120143 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
[[File:Halothane container.jpg|thumb|Vaporiser used for halothane]]